Recent content by Spaceman

I'm sure you are right about streaming in the 3rd year and assume I also went into L6Sci and U6Sci. I vaguely remember there being at least 3 separate forms in each 6th form year but can't remember what they were called? I also vaguely remember that we had to do 3 main A-level subjects plus an...

I can't really remember but I thought we were streamed at LBTS when we got into the fourth year when we started to study for our O-levels, or am I a year out and we were streamed starting in the 3rd year? For reasons I could never work out, I was put into 4A and then 5A (and, perhaps, 3A)...

I believe I scraped through the 11-plus solely because my birthday was in April and I got extra points due to my relatively young age. I suspect I travelled further to school than anyone else in its history having to take the No. 11 Outer Circle bus all the way round from Kings Heath! Despite...

I've just dug out the annual speech day programme for LBTS which I have dating from 1964 to1970. Interestingly, when I joined in 1963, the 1st year classes were numbered 1B, 1F, 1S & 1T but the 2nd year classes were numbered 2N, 2F, 2J & 2S - they gave out form prizes for the first 2 years and...

I thought the classes were numbered after the house initials - I've still got a piece of pottery which I scrawled 2B into because in the 2nd year (1964) I was in class 2B and in Bessemer House?

I also went to LBTS in 1963 after just scraping through my 11-plus! Did you really mean 13+ exam rather than 11+ exam as I thought only the public school system had a 13+ entrance exam? If you entered in the 3rd year, I definitely won't remember you but if you entered in the 1st year, there's a...

It's good to know my 50+ year old memory was reasonably spot on. Fortunately, I don't recognise any of the names mentioned in the magazine but I still remember one of the team putting the original mirror under the tap and cracking it! I was keen on Astronomy when I went to LBTS and was always...

Just reading through the old posts I came across one about the observatory at LBTS. When I joined in 1963 it had no telescope but years later I was involved with a group of enthusiasts involved in building the telescope. One of the chaps ground the 12" mirror that took him a long time to do and...

Hi Norman. I've just joined the forum and come across these postings on LBTS which I attended between 1962-1969. I will certainly be going through all the posts later to see if I can contribute to any of the memories. However, slightly off subject, while I was at school, I joined the Marine...